1. Our God is holy, righteous, and completely separate from sin. He demands righteousness of those who would come to Him. (Hab. 1:13, Matt. 5:20, 5:48)
2. All men are sinners, both by nature and by choice and have fallen short of God's perfect standards. Therefore, all have received the just condemnation for sin which is spiritual death. (Rom. 3:10, 5:12, 6:23)
3. God Himself, in the person of Jesus Christ, paid the price for man's sin by dying for him on the cross. Three days later, He rose again to establish eternal life and righteousness, which He makes available as a free gift. (Gal. 3:13, I Pet. 2:24, Eph. 2:8-9)
4. Whosoever is willing to turn from his sin and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior shall not perish but have everlasting life. (John 1:12, Rom. 10:9-10, John 3:16)
Members of Liberty Baptist Church are expected to be involved in corporate worship. They are to be accountable to other Christians in an ongoing way in true Biblical Fellowship. Members are also to be active in ministry, using their spiritual gifts for the good of the local church. They give regularly of money and resources for the work of the Lord carried out by the local assembly. Members are to be responsible witnesses for Jesus Christ seeking to carry out the Great Commission in every available opportunity.The criteria for becoming a member of Liberty Baptist Church is as follows: 1) one must have received Jesus Christ as Savior, and 2) one must be scripturally baptized. Scriptural baptism is a baptism by immersion after salvation in a church of like faith and practice.
There are three ways to become a member at LBC:
1. Scriptural baptism at LBC upon profession of faith in Christ.
2. Transfer of membership by letter from a church of like faith and practice.
3. Giving satisfactory evidence by testimony of having been saved and baptized in a church of like faith and practice.
To become a member, just step forward during the invitation at the end of any service. Remember, whether or not you are a member of Liberty, you are always welcome here.
We Teach that the Bible is the Word of God, super-naturally inspired and preserved; that it is fully inerrant; and that it is a divinely authoritative standard for every age and every life. For reasons of textual reliability, we choose to use the King James Bible as the standard for preaching and teaching. (II Tim. 3:16-17; II Peter 1:20-21)We Teach that the Godhead exists eternally in three persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and that these three are one God. (Deut. 6:4; John 14:10, 26; I John 5:7)
We Teach that God created the universe in six literal, 24-hour periods. We reject evolution and all forms of Theistic Evolution as unscriptural theories of origin. (Genesis1-2; Exodus 20:11)
We Teach that God, by His sovereign choice and out of love for men, sent Christ into the world to save sinners. (Luke 19:10)
We Teach that Jesus Christ became man without ceasing to be God. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; II Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Phil. 2:5-8). He accomplished our redemption through his death on the cross as a substitionary sacrifice; and, our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Acts 2:18-36; Rom. 3:24-25; I Peter 2:24; Eph. 1:7; I Peter 1:3-5). After His bodily resurrection, Jesus ascended to Heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He fulfills His ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9-10; Heb. 9:24; 7:25; Rom. 8:34; I John 2:1-2).
We Teach that salvation is the gift of God delivered to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins (John 1:12; Eph. 1:7; 2:8-10; I Peter 1:18-19).
We Teach that salvation with its forgiveness of sins, its importation of a new nature, and its hope of eternal life, is entirely apart from good works, baptism, church membership, or man's effort. Salvation is solely "...by grace through faith." (Eph. 2:8-9) We Teach that a true believer is eternally secure. He cannot lose his salvation, but sin may interrupt the joy of his fellowship with God and bring the loving discipline of his heavenly Father (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1, 38-39; I Cor. 1:4-8; I Peter 1:4-5). We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word, which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh (Rom. 13:13-14; Gal. 5:13; Titus 2:11-15).
We Teach the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to everlasting punishment (Matt. 25:46; John 5:28-29; 11:25-26; Rev. 12-13; 20:5-6). We teach that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul, and glorified body are united to be forever with the Lord (Luke 23:43; II Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:23; 3:21; I Thess. 4:16-17; Rev. 20:4-6).
We Teach that it is the goal of every Christian to grow and mature spiritually through obedience to the Word of God and the indwelling Spirit (II Cor. 10:5; James 1:22).
We Teach that the Holy Spirit is a person, yet is God, and possesses all the divine attributes. He indwells all believers, baptizes and seals them at the moment of their salvation, and fills them in response to confession of sin and their yielding to Him (John 16:8-11; Romans 8:9; I Cor. 12:12-14; II Cor. 3:6; Eph. 1:13-14).